A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 230 km ENE of Socorro Island, Mexico (143 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:50:09 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003l8i. Unique identifier: us70003l8i. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 21:50:09 / May 14, 2019 @ 9:50 pm. Exact location, longitude -109.0117° West, latitude 19.6926° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 230 km ENE of Socorro Island, Mexico.
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